These Dogs Can Affect Your Homeowner’s Insurance

Veuer's Elizabeth Keatinge tells us about dog breeds that may affect your homeowner's insurance.

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00:00In the market for a new Pit Bull? Well, you may want to consider the effects of

00:05certain dog breeds on homeowners insurance. Pit Bull makes the list of

00:10breeds that affect homeowners insurance. Same with Rottweilers, German Shepherds

00:15and Doberman Pinschers. Do you love Akitas? Those also make the list, along

00:21with Siberian Huskies, Staffordshire Terriers, Great Danes and Chow Chows.

00:25Insurers consider these breeds high-risk and often restrict them since they're

00:31statistically more likely to cause costly bites. According to the Insurance

00:36Information Institute, there are about 90 million dogs living in U.S. households.

00:42About 4.5 million people, mostly children, are bitten by dogs each year.